Melvin Rhyne began his career as a self-taught pianist and made the transition to the organ shortly thereafter

Jazz organist Melvin Rhyne played with jazz guitar legend Wes Montgomery, and bluesmen B.B. King and T-Bone Walker before coming to Milwaukee, where he inspired a generation of artists - including bop trumpeter Brian Lynch.

Rhyne, 76, died March 5 of lung cancer at a hospice in Indianapolis. | March 11, 2013»Read Full Article

By November of 2011, though, he decided that his opportunities here were too limited. So, he did what many young people here do. He left. He moved to New York City, where he got a job and an apartment in the Flatiron District. | March 11, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

"Blue Bayou," the spring floral show at the Mitchell Park Domes, 524 S. Layton Blvd., will open March 23 and run through May 27, park officials have announced.

And "blue" will indeed be the color of the flowers in the show, though the setting will include a scene with a white gazebo and Mardi Gras décor, along with tulips, Easter lilies, daisies, and other spring flowers. A swamp scene and a graveyard featuring a Hoodoo Man take things spookier. | March 11, 2013»Read Full Article

Can aging be more meaningful? Are games of bingo all we can expect in our final years? Are there means of engagement that are more relevant to us when the mind and body naturally begin to fail in older age?

"The Penelope Project," a 52-minute documentary, offers some profound alternatives to the common strategies. It that looks at how a theater company joined forces with a long-term care facility to explore a work of art with particular resonance for aging residents. It will be screened tonight at UWM's Union Theater at 7 p.m. | March 11, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(1)

YouTube phenomenon Baauer's "Harlem Shake" cruised to a third week on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That gives us a chance to uncover more of the local "Harlem Shake" viral meme videos. Watch them below and then watch the videos for the songs that topped the charts this week in 2009, 1999, 1989 and 1979.